Code Making, Code Breaking

Band: Extended
Scheme: Collins Big Cat
Type: Non-Fiction
Author: Richard Platt
ISBN: 9780007336449
Code Making, Code Breaking book cover

What's the book about?

Discover the exciting world of secret messages, from the symbols used in ancient times to the clever codes of wartime spies. You’ll see how people have hidden information using flags, invisible ink, and other surprising tricks, and how codebreakers worked hard to crack their secrets. Along the way, you can try out ideas for making your own codes and become a code maker and breaker yourself.

See a sample page

Sample page from Code Making, Code Breaking

Reviews

Ben Gough, Age 9

Rating:

This book is about
It tells you about secret codes people used in the past.

The main characters are
There aren’t any; it’s a fact book.

My favourite part of the book is
The page that says about flag messages sailors used because I think that it is interesting.

I would also like to say
I think that it is a good book because the pictures show you how the codes worked.